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Healthcare's Assurance Infrastructure Is Broken. The Compliance Industry Built It That Way
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (346+ words) SOC 2, HITRUST, and BAAs should be treated as starting points, not trust signals. They tell you what a vendor claims about its controls. They do not tell you whether those controls are actually working today or whether the evidence behind…...
Bridging Movement and Machine Learning: How Clinicians Can Harness AI in Practice
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (284+ words) The true promise of AI lies not in autonomy of either the clinician or machine, but in a balanced collaboration that bolsters the strengths of each. Providing the very best care to our patients is our highest priority as clinicians....
GLP-1s Are a $70 Billion Market " So Why Are Patients Still Getting Medical Advice From Tik Tok Influencers?
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (1108+ words) It's not hard to understand why patients turn to social media for GLP-1 guidance. The healthcare system leaves a huge gap between getting a prescription and actually understanding how to use it well. When I started taking Zepbound in January…...
HHS Affordability Czar Says Healthcare Costs Stem From Incentives, Not Coverage
14+ hour, 41+ min ago (475+ words) Healthcare affordability czar Casey Mulligan laid out the economic philosophy guiding the Trump administration's approach to healthcare costs during a recent conference address. He argued that provider taxes and state-directed payments inflate healthcare spending far beyond Medicaid and ultimately raise…...
Incyte's $1. 25 B Buyout Brings What Could Become the Next Big Bleeding Disorder Drug
16+ hour, 26+ min ago (377+ words) Incyte's Vega Therapeutics acquisition comes with a late-stage drug offering a novel mechanism of action and a dosing advantage compared to currently available therapies for von Willebrand disease, an inherited bleeding disorder. The deal comes as patent expiration looms for…...
Vida Health Teams Up with Instacart to Expand Access to Nutritious Food
20+ hour, 11+ min ago (302+ words) Vida Health partnered with Instacart to provide members with grocery stipends for healthy foods, expanding access to nutrition support as part of cardiometabolic care. Virtual cardiometabolic provider Vida Health launched a partnership with Instacart, a grocery technology company, last week…...
How AI is Unlocking Smarter Clinical Trial Protocols
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (228+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how medicines are discovered, but clinical trials are still governed by a structure that has barely evolved: the protocol. Data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) have advanced quickly, but trial execution remains anchored…...
6 Ways in Which Healthcare Needs to Expand the Supply Chain Resilience Conversation
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (406+ words) Supply chain resilience is far too important to leave with the supply chain specialists. Health systems must elevate the resilience issue to the corporate strategy level and involve officers from other functional areas as well. HIRC is the foremost organization…...
Expanding the Reach of Remote Patient Monitoring: The Real Signal Behind the 2026 RPM Changes
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (923+ words) While the policy changes create new opportunities, they also introduce operational complexity. Here's some important things to know. That is beginning to change. The 2026 updates to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes introduce new flexibility into how RPM is being delivered…...
The 3 Biggest Roadblocks to Egg Freezing " and How Providers Are Working to Remove Them
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (451+ words) Egg freezing has gained popularity as a fertility preservation tool, but experts say high costs, uncertain outcomes and timing challenges continue to deter many women from pursuing it. Egg freezing has become an increasingly popular way for women to preserve…...